Novant Health UVA Health System Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine

Who may benefit from our specialized care

A patient with a wound that has not begun to heal in two weeks or is not completely healed in four weeks may benefit from our proven, best-practice methodologies. Some of the indications for wound therapy include:

Diabetic ulcers

Neuropathic ulcers

Pressure ulcers

Ischemic ulcers

Venous insufficiency

Traumatic wounds

Surgical wounds

Vasculitis

Burns

Other chronic, non-healing wounds

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) helps the body’s oxygen-dependent, wound-healing mechanisms function more efficiently. While enclosed in a chamber at greater-than-normal atmospheric pressure, patients breathe pure oxygen, saturating their blood plasma and allowing it to carry 10 to 15 times the normal amount of healing oxygen to the body’s tissues. Up to 18 percent of wound care patients may require HBOT treatments, provided by our specially trained physicians, nurses and highly trained clinical hyperbaric technicians and staff.

Approved indications for HBOT that are currently reimbursed by Medicare, HMOs and other insurance providers include: